Where: Bolivia (16.0° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° S, 47.1° W)
When: Copacabana Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• Description of abundant fusulinids suggests that it is from the upper part of the Copacabana Formation, where Pseudoschwagerina and Eoparafusulina are common.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, brown, gray, red limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Antonio Raimondi
Primary reference: W. M. Gabb. 1877. Description of a collection of fossils made by Dr. Antonio Raimondi in Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2(8):263-336 [L. Bulot/L. Bulot/L. Bulot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120469: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Fusulinoidea indet. Möller 1878 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Strophomenata | |
Costatumulus villiersi2 d'Orbigny 1842 | |
"Productus papilio n. sp." = Megousia papilio
"Productus papilio n. sp." = Megousia papilio Gabb 1877 | |
"Productus" reticulatus n. sp., "Productus boliviensis" = Alpavlia boliviensis
"Productus" reticulatus n. sp. Gabb 1877
"Productus boliviensis" = Alpavlia boliviensis d'Orbigny 1842 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella andii" = Enteletes andii
"Rhynchonella andii" = Enteletes andii d'Orbigny 1842 | |
Composita subtilita1 Hall 1852 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
"Retepora" flexuosa d'Orbigny 1842 |